Standard 6: Manage Risks and Preserve Wealth – Students will develop skills to balance financial planning against financial risk.
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
6.5.A See grade bands 6-8 and 9-12



6.8.A Examine strategies that protect income and wealth.

6.8.A.1 Identify circumstances that impact income and wealth.
6.8.A.2 Describe forms of financial risk and risk tolerance.
6.8.A.3 Recognize forms of protection against financial loss.


(Risk Management G.1)
6.12.A Evaluate the strategies that protect income and wealth.

6.12.A.1 Explain circumstances that impact income and wealth.
6.12.A.2 Analyze forms of financial risk with varying degrees of risk tolerance.
6.12.A.3 Strategize methods to minimize financial loss.

6.5.B Explain the need for and value of various types of insurance within the life cycle.

6.5.B.1 Explain reasons for insurance.












(Risk Management G.2)
6.8.B Examine the need for and value of various types of insurance (such as health, property, life, disability, and liability) within the life cycle.

6.8.B.1 Describe the need for and value of different types of insurance.
6.8.B.2 Identify factors to consider when determining the amount of protection needed.
6.8.B.3 Identify strategies to lower insurance costs.
6.8.B.4 Describe ways for protecting current and future personal assets against financial loss.




6.12.B Justify the need for and value of various types of insurance (such as health, property, life, disability, and liability) within the life cycle.

6.12.B.1 Investigate and apply different types of insurance coverage to selected situations.
6.12.B.2 Review and apply criteria to choose insurance coverage for selected situations.
6.12.B.3 Compare insurance rates, premiums, and deductibles to minimize costs in selected situations.
6.12.B.4 Create an individual or family insurance plan for selected situations.

6.5.C Investigate the effects of business practices, including sales techniques.

6.5.C.1 Recognize techniques and effects of advertising.
6.5.C.2 Identify business practices that affect the consumer.
6.5.C.3 Identify the characteristics of an informed consumer.








(Critical Consumer E.2)
6.8.C Investigate the purposes, strategies, and effects of various business practices, including sales techniques.

6.8.C.1 Compare and contrast advertising for opinion versus fact.
6.8.C.2 Examine business practices that affect the consumer.
6.8.C.3 Explain the characteristics of an informed consumer.

6.12.C Evaluate the purposes, strategies, and effects of various business practices, including sales techniques.

6.12.C.1 Analyze the influence of advertising and the media on decision making and spending.
6.12.C.2 Explain the consequences of business practices to individuals, families, and society.
6.12.C.3 Analyze the characteristics of an informed consumer.

6.5.D Explain sources of consumer protection and assistance, including public institutions and private organizations (professionals, publications, and internet).

6.5.D.1 Describe and identify types of fraud.
6.5.D.2 Describe identity theft and how it occurs.
6.5.D.3 Identify resources that help protect consumers against fraud.
6.5.D.4 Describe reasons to keep certain types of information secure and private.
6.5.D.5 Identify rights of consumers under consumer protection laws.








(Critical Consumer E.5)
6.8.D Differentiate sources of consumer protection and assistance, including public institutions and private organizations (professionals, publications, and internet).

6.8.D.1 Identify situations that put consumers in financial risk, such sharing account information and co-signing on loans.
6.8.D.2 Examine how consumers fall victim to fraud.
6.8.D.3 Know what agencies and organizations help protect consumers against fraud.
6.8.D.4 Explain the need to keep certain types of information secure and private.
6.8.D.5 Distinguish between the rights and responsibilities of buyers and sellers under consumer protection laws.
6.8.D.6 List actions to take to dispute a claim.


6.12.D Critique sources of consumer protection and assistance including public institutions and private organizations (professionals, publications, and internet).

6.12.D.1 Assess situations that put consumers in financial risk, such sharing account information and co-signing on loans.
6.12.D.2 Evaluate how fraudulent activities affect consumers and influence the creation of laws.
6.12.D.3 Justify which agencies and organizations provide consumers with the best resources to help protect against fraud.
6.12.D.4 Justify why certain types of information should be secure and private.
6.12.D.5 Explain the rights and responsibilities of buyers and sellers under consumer protection laws such as the “Credit Card Bill of Rights”.
6.12.D.6 Apply consumer protection laws to dispute a claim.